Nawaje Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Nawaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 50 | 1:1,058,832 | 46,289 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Nawaje (228) may also be a first name.
Nawaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nawaje (Marathi: नवाज) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nawaje is the 2,220,661st most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nawaje reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nawaje is also the 594,918th most common first name world-wide, borne by 228 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,058,832. In Tanzania Nawaje is mostly concentrated in: Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 98 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and Uganda, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nawaje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nawaje in the Marathi language | ||
| नवाज | navaja | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nawaje
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